Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread

[Amara]

The only reason I am still here is for the story tbh, I really do not care about the mechanics. I played it since first version, when it was a barebones sandbox like. He keeps changing it, and don’t care if 85% of it will be non canon. Narrative and Story matters most to me, him reworking systems, changing lore, is whatever to me at this point. Understandable yes, but tbh I’m sticking around because I’m in too deep, and need to see it through.

Same. The story is the only reason I am still here.

 

[Arlonb]

As for me, fortunately, I still like POMA as a game and as a story, even though I'm one of the first to complain and say that it could be much better. Honestly, I was almost reaching the point of "I'm only still here because I've come this far and want to see the end," but fortunately, the latest update has rescued me a little... And mind you, it was only a "okay to good" update, so you can see that it doesn't take much to please me.
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[Gone_Dead]

As for me, fortunately, I still like POMA as a game and as a story, even though I'm one of the first to complain and say that it could be much better. Honestly, I was almost reaching the point of "I'm only still here because I've come this far and want to see the end," but fortunately, the latest update has rescued me a little... And mind you, it was only a "okay to good" update, so you can see that it doesn't take much to please me.
(￣～￣)

Me too. I believe poma's potential is huge if Niki can stitch together the gameplay and narrative. There were occasions where i thought the gameplay felt as natural as the narrative sequences but unfortunately thats not the case for the entirety of the game. Tbh even the new update didnt give me that feeling. I still feel that the gameplay is very detached from the narrative elements. What you do during the gameplay sequences should be reflected during the narrative sequences and vice versa. AC gave me that vibe especially in the latest update during the fight against Crusher Jack. You see npcs respond to what the MC does during the fight, what technique they use and how they use it. The occasionaly npc's going wtf when MC uses the Jade dragon, the demon guy in the cave comes to my mind. Stuff like this would push poma to the next level. Poma is better in terms of story for me and AC has better gameplay. I still didnt get the itch to replay AC whereas i wanted to replay poma multiple times just cuz the story clicked with me.